The jury in Rudy Giuliani’s defamation trial entered deliberations on Dec. 14 following closing statements in which the plaintiffs’ attorney asked for tens of millions of dollars in damages.
Michael Gottlieb, an attorney for 2020 election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, asked the jury to provide at least $24 million in reputational damages for each of them. The amount for intentional infliction of emotional distress is to be determined by the jury. Jurors were also instructed to award punitive damages, which Mr. Gottlieb said should be above and beyond whatever compensatory damages are awarded.
